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Stay in the know with The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter delivering the most crucial Texas news to your inbox. In 1996, graduates of Austin High School in El Paso received an unexpected delight. Their well-known classmate, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, made a surprise appearance at their 50th reunion. O’Connor’s return to …
Tragedy Strikes in El Paso, Texas – The True Story of Alma Zavala’s Border Wall Trauma Alma Zavala found herself perched at the top of a daunting 30-foot steel border wall in El Paso, Texas, and the harrowing reality of the perilous journey she had embarked on hit her. In her desperate attempt to cross …
A tragic incident unfolded in El Paso, Texas, where a Kentucky woman visiting the area allegedly shot her Uber driver under the mistaken belief that he was kidnapping her and driving her to Mexico. The woman, Phoebe Copas, 48, who was on her way to a casino to meet her boyfriend, reportedly panicked after seeing …
As the stretcher was wheeled into the room, my attention was drawn away from the patient chart by the sight of a burly man in the characteristic dark-green uniform of the U.S. Border Patrol. The patient, a young woman, shivered and struggled to maintain composure while a spinal collar immobilizing her neck suggested a possible …